1948 01 - daily - mean of NCEP Daily Maximum Temperature at 2 m, degK. BasinID Name 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 0 Pan Arctic 252.7 254.6 255.1 254.7 254.8 255.2 254.8 255.2 255.3 254.7 254.2 254.4 254.1 253.7 253.8 253.8 253.0 252.1 251.1 250.5 251.3 252.1 252.8 252.8 252.9 252.9 254.1 253.8 252.9 252.4 252.7 34 Hudson Bay 258.4 262.9 265.9 265.8 265.9 266.7 266.5 263.4 264.0 263.2 261.7 259.8 255.3 253.7 251.8 249.4 252.0 252.7 253.9 254.3 252.8 251.1 254.4 255.4 255.2 254.3 255.8 257.9 259.1 260.1 262.0 36 Hudson Strait 251.5 253.7 261.1 264.5 264.5 260.8 256.5 256.4 258.3 254.1 249.3 257.2 254.4 243.9 244.5 243.4 243.9 240.6 238.6 242.7 242.4 244.5 246.9 244.2 246.8 246.4 247.7 246.3 246.3 245.9 246.3 98 Bering Strait 250.7 251.9 249.4 248.1 246.9 246.5 247.4 250.5 251.6 250.0 248.4 251.6 252.8 253.1 259.7 263.3 262.3 264.6 261.9 260.5 262.5 262.5 259.4 258.3 262.6 263.7 262.4 257.4 255.7 255.8 255.7 128 Arctic subocean 238.9 238.6 236.7 237.0 237.9 239.4 239.3 241.7 242.2 243.1 243.4 242.4 241.5 238.2 237.8 235.7 238.4 239.2 237.4 237.8 241.3 243.5 242.6 238.7 235.1 236.3 241.3 243.8 242.4 238.7 232.9 130 Chukchi Sea 244.0 243.2 240.2 238.4 237.8 238.1 236.7 239.8 243.3 243.9 244.1 245.9 246.3 245.2 251.4 259.7 261.9 258.2 252.0 255.7 256.9 259.4 254.9 252.5 262.3 261.2 253.2 246.7 248.9 250.5 259.4 132 Beaufort Sea 256.5 260.5 258.2 255.1 255.7 255.9 254.6 256.6 256.4 252.1 250.2 249.0 251.6 254.4 254.8 260.3 262.4 265.2 267.7 261.4 261.5 264.5 263.4 260.2 256.5 260.1 266.2 266.4 262.7 257.7 254.8 134 Arctic Archipelago 242.1 242.6 244.1 244.5 245.0 244.4 241.4 241.7 242.9 242.0 243.6 246.9 245.5 241.9 241.9 243.5 240.6 238.7 236.7 235.1 238.4 241.8 241.5 242.3 241.7 237.6 238.5 245.6 246.7 243.6 242.8 136 Foxe Basin 243.8 245.8 249.6 256.2 256.7 253.4 254.7 258.0 251.5 250.2 244.9 242.7 240.6 240.1 240.2 240.4 240.4 237.4 235.3 238.0 238.1 237.7 239.1 240.6 239.0 235.7 233.4 233.4 237.5 239.5 242.8 138 Baffin Bay 241.8 239.0 237.5 237.6 240.5 240.1 238.8 240.4 246.8 249.4 247.9 245.6 244.3 242.6 241.3 239.1 237.1 237.7 239.8 245.8 249.2 249.5 247.8 243.6 243.9 246.7 248.0 246.4 243.4 240.1 235.4 139 South Greenland 248.6 245.6 243.5 241.8 245.0 246.2 244.2 244.4 246.7 249.8 249.1 249.3 249.3 248.1 248.3 248.1 246.5 251.0 251.2 253.7 255.3 252.7 253.6 253.6 253.8 255.4 253.4 252.6 252.5 249.9 249.3 140 Greenland Sea 241.1 237.8 235.3 233.0 235.3 238.4 237.6 237.1 241.7 244.7 244.5 241.8 240.2 239.2 237.9 237.4 237.5 239.6 239.5 240.7 246.8 251.4 249.8 244.1 243.7 247.1 250.0 248.2 245.0 242.7 238.3 142 Norwegian Sea 269.9 271.5 271.6 271.7 269.8 267.9 263.9 263.4 262.2 264.7 265.2 267.5 267.8 266.0 263.9 264.1 265.3 269.1 268.5 267.7 268.4 268.6 270.0 271.0 271.3 269.7 269.8 271.0 271.3 272.6 272.7 144 Barents Sea 262.2 264.3 262.4 261.4 262.8 261.9 260.2 257.3 255.6 260.7 264.0 261.2 259.0 256.6 258.1 259.9 259.7 258.4 259.8 261.0 263.7 266.0 269.1 270.0 268.5 265.4 261.8 263.0 262.9 265.0 268.2 146 Kara Sea 258.1 260.2 262.0 263.0 263.0 264.4 263.1 262.5 261.0 259.4 259.4 261.9 263.4 262.0 260.6 259.4 258.9 257.0 253.9 252.3 252.2 252.7 253.8 255.1 256.8 257.5 259.7 258.0 255.6 254.0 254.8 148 Laptev Sea 244.8 247.9 247.8 244.8 243.6 244.4 249.9 253.0 251.0 248.3 247.1 245.2 246.0 250.0 252.4 251.2 245.0 240.7 239.2 239.7 241.0 242.7 244.0 243.0 240.9 239.6 241.0 242.7 243.7 245.5 245.8 150 East Siberian Sea 243.5 246.2 247.6 248.0 244.9 243.2 240.8 244.6 251.3 255.9 254.6 251.8 249.0 247.3 245.3 244.9 245.0 240.4 238.5 236.4 237.0 239.0 239.1 242.5 243.3 243.1 242.6 238.9 235.5 238.5 239.6 152 Gulf of Alaska 264.6 263.6 261.2 265.0 266.6 265.5 265.2 265.7 262.7 260.2 263.1 268.1 268.6 268.5 272.6 272.9 273.5 274.0 270.8 271.6 271.6 270.8 268.9 267.7 270.4 271.4 270.8 268.4 266.6 265.7 266.6 154 Southeast Bering Sea 256.3 249.5 249.7 260.1 261.3 257.5 248.0 245.9 245.5 248.5 258.3 267.8 268.0 269.4 273.8 273.8 272.4 272.0 272.4 272.7 272.8 271.6 268.7 270.3 272.7 270.5 267.0 256.4 261.6 268.4 272.3